| Folie 1 GHG inventory and energy balance data: experiences from Austria Bernd Gugele Workshop “Official statistics for better climate change information” Doha, 5 December 2012

| Folie 2 Outline Austrian GHG emission inventory o Importance of energy balance data o Quality requirements of GHG inventory estimates Cooperation with STATISTIK AUSTRIA o Established Process / legal basis o Standardized exchange formats o Quality control o Harmonisation/improvements

| Folie 3 Austrian Air Emission Inventory (1) Umweltbundesamt designated as single national entity responsible for inventory preparation (Environmental Control Act). International reporting obligations o UNFCCC + EU (Kyoto, MM): Direct and indirect GHG o UNECE(CLRTAP) + EU (NEC): SO 2, NO X, NMVOC, NH 3, Heavy metals and POPs Reporting format o Harmonized formats (CRF, NFR) and methodologies (IPCC, CORINAIR) o Reporting of „activity data“ (e.g fuel consumption) Quality management system according to ISO (accreditation 2005)

| Folie 4 Austrian Air Emission Inventory (2) Fuel combustion is the anthropogenic key source of almost all pollutants. Share of Fuel Combustion in total Austrian emissions

| Folie 5 Austrian Air Emission Inventory (3) Quality requirements o Accuracy o Consistency o Transparency o Completeness o Comparability STATISTIK AUSTRIA is the most important data provider o Energy balance: covers 75% of GHG emissions o Agricultural data: covers 5% of GHG emissions Data must be delivered on time to meet the reporting deadlines

| Folie 6 Austrian Air Emission Inventory (4) Common Reporting Format (CRF) to UNFCCC

| Folie 7 Cooperation with STATISTIK AUSTRIA (1) Informal cooperation between Umweltbundesamt and STATISTIK AUSTRIA since 2000 Joint study „Energy Data Harmonisation for CO 2 Emissions Calculations” in 2002 (EUROSTAT) QMS-Audit of data provider STATISTIK AUSTRIA (2007) Established working process - legal basis: o Federal Statistics Act regulates the establishment of energy balance: not detailed enough o Five year framework contract between Energy and Environment Ministry and STATISTIK AUSTRIA  Umweltbundesamt is invited to participate in planning and analysis of existing and new surveys. o Environmental Control Act: specifies exchange of information between Umweltbundesamt and STATISTIK AUSTRIA

| Folie 8 Cooperation with STATISTIK AUSTRIA (2) STATISTIK AUSTRIA yearly submits to Umweltbundesamt: o National Energy Balance + 9 Regional energy balances o IEA-JQ (End of November, Eurostat) o Time series (JQ-compatible) (same data but different format) o Additional information (e.g. time series of transformation input by sector by detailed energy carrier) Umweltbundesamt yearly submits to STATISTIK AUSTRIA o EU-ETS data (fuel consumption, NCV, share of biomass) (200 plants ≈ 30 Mio t CO 2 ) Standardized exchange data formats (spreadsheets) Standardized fuel definitions (both direction) Umweltbundesamt validates energy balance data with other information i.p.: o Large plant data (LCP, EU ETS). o Waste statistics: Waste incineration, industrial waste (share of biomass, type of waste). -> Feedback to STATISTIK AUSTRIA

| Folie 9 Harmonisation/improvements Road Transport/off-road: Sectoral fuel consumption of GLOBEMI transport model was different from energy balance i.p for industry and agriculture. o Harmonized approach is used: quality of off-road transport data improved Aviation: National vs. international. Different approaches were used. o Harmonized approach is used: Umweltbundesamt provides data to STATISTIK AUSTRIA based on flight control data Non-energy use: Double counting with process emissions -> Energy balance is not a carbon/material balance. Consumption of biomass heatings (non-traded fuels; small district heatings): high uncertainty; Key source for non-GHG.

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